Ormandy, Eugene: Mendelssohn Felix, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, incidental music Op. 61 (MWV M 13)(

Original title: Musik zu Ein Sommernachtstraum.

Scoring: two sopranos, female chorus and orchestra, with spoken melodramas. Composition date: 1842-43.

Text / literary source: August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845) after William Shakespeare (1564–1616).

Original language: English ; German.

Incidental music for Shakespeare’s play in August Wilhelm Schlegel’s German translation, commissioned by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia and staged in Potsdam on 14 October 1843. The separate overture, Op. 21, dates from 1826 and precedes the complete music. An orchestral suite of selected numbers is not the full incidental score.

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	Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, incidental music, Op. 61 (MWV M 13) Download sheet music Original title: Musik zu Ein Sommernachtstraum. Scoring: two sopranos, female chorus and orchestra, with spoken melodramas. Composition date: 1842-43. Text / literary source: August Wilhelm... Read more Original title: Musik zu Ein Sommernachtstraum. Scoring: two sopranos, female chorus and orchestra, with spoken melodramas. Composition date: 1842-43. Text / literary source: August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845) after William Shakespeare (1564–1616). Original language: English ; German. Incidental music for Shakespeare’s play in August Wilhelm Schlegel’s German translation, commissioned by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia and staged in Potsdam on 14 October 1843. The separate overture, Op. 21, dates from 1826 and precedes the complete music. An orchestral suite of selected numbers is not the full incidental score. Close Eugene Ormandy (conductor) , Philadelphia Orchestra Recorded in 1957, Philadelphia.Read moreCollapse Recorded in 1957, Philadelphia. Download Share WhatsApp Facebook X Reddit Email Copy link